A warehouse that cannot tell you, in real time, what it holds and what it is costing you is a warehouse working against the business. Getting that right is a skill, not an accident.

This Arab British Fellowship Training Academy programme builds the technical and managerial competencies that warehouse and store managers need — from receiving and classifying stock through to issuing it and closing the books on a clean inventory count — while covering the safety practices and modern technologies that keep storage operations under control.

Who should attend?

• Warehouse and store officials in public and private companies and institutions.
• Staff working in supply chain and logistics management.
• Inventory and logistics supervisors looking to develop their skills.
• Anyone being prepared for a supervisory or managerial role in storage.

What participants gain:

• Stronger technical and managerial skills for organising and running warehouses.
• The ability to track and document material movement accurately and efficiently.
• A working knowledge of modern methods for classifying and storing materials and equipment.
• Better periodic and surprise inventory checks, with discrepancies resolved properly.
• A clear understanding of safety and occupational-security procedures in storage environments.

Module 1: Why Accurate Stock Tracking Pays for Itself

• Types of costs associated with inventory, and cost-benefit analysis.
• How storage decisions affect cash flow.
• Reducing excess stock, avoiding shortages, and evaluating inventory performance.
• Inventory control: definition, objectives, and effective control indicators.

Module 2: Warehouse Structure, Types and Team Roles

• Storage as a function: its role in the supply cycle and its objectives in production and service organisations.
• Raw-material, finished-goods, centralised and branch warehouses, and classification by material type.
• Roles, responsibilities and coordination within warehouse management.

Module 3: Day-to-Day Store Operations

• Developing, documenting and enforcing warehouse policies and procedures.
• Receiving shipments, conformity checks, and handling rejected materials.
• Preparing and processing issuance requests, and verifying quantities and recipients.
• Coordinating internal delivery and receipt with beneficiary departments.
• Documentation: receiving forms, transfer and issuance forms, electronic archiving.

Module 4: Classification, Coding and Smart Storage

• Classifying materials by function or type, and how classification affects efficiency.
• Numeric, alphanumeric and barcode coding systems.
• Planning storage layouts, shelving and movement pathways.
• Automated storage and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).

Module 5: Inventory Counting and Control Systems

• Minimum-stock and reorder systems, plus continuous and periodic inventory systems.
• Periodic versus surprise inventory checks, and when to apply each.
• Forming inventory teams, matching records to actual quantities, and documenting discrepancies.

Module 6: Safety, Quality and What's Next for Warehousing

• Safety standards, handling hazardous materials, and emergency-procedure training.
• Monitoring, detection and periodic inspection to protect stock from theft and damage.
• Applying Total Quality Management principles, KPIs and Lean methodologies.
• Automation, digital transformation and the shift toward green warehousing.